unit
IPA: jˈunʌt
noun
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
- The number one.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
- Ellipsis of international unit. [(pharmacology) A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.]
adjective
- For each unit.
- (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
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Examples of "unit" in Sentences
- We know that having your baby transported to our unit is a very stressful experience.
- Having females in a unit is a headache, but at least that opens 50% of the population, so the benefits outweigh the costs.
- Police Control – Sorry Mrs X our unit is awaiting on the side of the road at the moment as they have a headlight out and a puncture.
- _an_ hour (_h_ is silent), _a_ unit (_unit_ begins with the consonant sound of _y_), such _a_ one (_one_ begins with the consonant sound of _w_).
- Returning five starters on the offensive line certainly doesn't hurt, but the blocking schemes are very different for the new offense than what the unit is accustomed to.
- To find out if your unit is among those to be recalled, check the manufacture date and model number - both of which appear on a white label behind the seat as well as on the box.
- To find out whether your unit is among those being recalled, check the manufacture date and model number — both of which appear on a white label behind the seat as well as on the box (photo, bottom).
- I think you will find that they disagree with your point about absolute and proportional comparisons, especially in the domain of something like money where the magnitude of the unit is a matter of convention.
- The officers response times seem to be measured from the time of the call, not when the unit is actually dispatched to go to it, i.e. I have 12 minutes to get to the job, even if they sat on it for 6 which really leaves me 6 minutes to get to the job.
- For these and other reasons which will suggest themselves to the mind of any thoughtful reader, many of the leaders of the revolutionary movement in Russia have doubted the value of the Soviet as a _unit of government, while highly valuing it as a unit of working-class organization and struggle_.
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